August 2005

The number of methamphetamine laboratories found in Colorado communities continues to grow. The availability of low cost ingredients and a simple recipe for the drug has allowed unsophisticated drug “cookers” to open up shop in hotel rooms, vehicles and, more importantly, condominiums, townhouses and single family homes. Due to the flammable nature of the ingredients, meth labs often explode and cause tremendous fires. For those communities unlucky enough to have a meth lab, the fact that it did not explode into a fireball seems like little consolation. Often by the time law enforcement has enough evidence to raid the unit, the damage has been done.
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Be prepared. We’ve all heard that that is the Boy Scout’s motto. However, it should also be the motto of your community association. We are all witnessing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on the southern states of our country. And, while hurricanes are not a threat to our fine state, we all know that we have our own types of severe weather.
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We have received a number of questions about whether SB 100 limits an Association’s ability (acting through its board of directors) to make changes to its common elements – as an example, can the board change hardscape landscape improvements to irrigated sod? While SB 100 does a number of things, including imposing a number of additional requirements on the association’s board of directors, the simple answer is that it does not restrict the board’s authority to make this type of decision.
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Some Colorado community associations have been burdened for many years by declarations that require unattainably high vote requirements for amendments. Some of these documents not only require a high percentage of votes from members, but may also require the assent of first mortgagees in order to effectuate any changes to the document. Any association that has attempted to garner consents from mortgagees knows that this feat is nearly impossible.
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SB 100, which is formally known as the act “Concerning Increased Protection for Homeowners,” may change the way your association handles the rights of owners to participate during association meetings. For purposes of this discussion, there are only two types meetings that are relevant�meetings of owners and meetings of the board of directors.
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